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  • Because of the Resurrection

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    Hailey Dalton She is ebullient when speaking about the miracles on her mission. How appropriate for Easter. Expect miracles. Her mission president’s wife taught her that before President Nelson said it in this most recent conference. The story of the young woman who moved out of her parents house when she turned 18 in order…

  • The Power of a Strong Testimony

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    In this uncertain world, there are some things that never change: the perfect love of our Heavenly Father for each of us; the assurance that He is there and will always hear us; the existence of absolute, unchanging truths; the fact that there is a plan of happiness; the assurance that success in life is…

  • My summary of the Atonement

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    The first attribute of God is love for all of His children. That is the thing which animates everything else. He makes and enforces law because of His love for His children. He designed a plan for our progression because of His love. No matter how imperfect we are, if our primary motivation is love…

  • Battered vs Tested

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    The testimony meeting today really spoke to me. There were several people baring testimony from positions of growing and learning rather than a lifetime of certainty. One was a young woman who had grown up in the church but never put much effort in. She had become a casual member until she grew to realize…

  • Choose you this day

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    Laura told me that she had begun to feel unsettled about Alyssa’s queer identity and gay pride and then she thought about the contrast with Savannah preparing for a mission and she had the thought that she could not serve both masters – that she needed to choose whether she would follow the path of…

  • The gospel and the church

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    I never realized before that Joseph requested Oliver Cowdery to search through the Book of Mormon and draft articles of organization for the church based on what was in the Book of Mormon. It’s no wonder that so much of it mirrors what is in the book of Moroni – that had a lot of…

  • Speak peace to my mind

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    Today I had a wonderful spiritual experience the likes of which I have only had a few times before. I didn’t know it at the time but it began with my prayer this morning. It was one of those prayers where I felt truly in tune with my Father in Heaven and His will. I…

  • The Role of the Book of Mormon in Conversion

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    How did those missionaries know to bear testimony of the Book of Mormon and then leave without further discussion? “My mission president in Chile invited us to read the testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith as found in Joseph Smith History every week.”

  • Lachoneus the prophet

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    I have a feeling that due to so few words being with if him we understate how powerful a prophet Lachoneus was. Perhaps like President Nelson who seems fairly understated (at least this early in his tenure) and yet today I saw his picture and the spirit testified to my soul that he is the…

  • Lest Thou Forget

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    He was inspired to prepare this talk after meeting with a long-time friend who felt he was experiencing a crisis of faith. When you feel weak spiritually, remember those times when your faith was strong and avoid things that mock your faith and weaken your resolve. Never question or ignore sacred personal experiences.